Can't edit or delete files on your USB? It might be write-protected! Here's how to fix it and get your drive working again.

The disk is write-protected, Remove the write-protection or use another disk Obviously, the Try again button shown in the above error box does nothing significant to fix the hitch.

I was recently having an issue with write protection on my USB drives using Windows 7. I was attempting to create a custom slip stream image for Windows XP booting from a USB flash drive.

If a drive is write-protected, you might receive a pop-up message such as "The disk is write-protected. Remove the write-protection or use another disk" when attempting to save files or other data ...

How to Unlock Write Protection on My USB Drive in Windows 7. Enabling write protection on a Universal Serial Bus drive prevents users from adding, copying or deleting data from the device.

Recommended free tools are FormatUSB or HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. USB sticks are still often used today as portable data media.

I just got my Autodesk Inventor 2012 update on a really nice 16Gb usb key. Conveniently I just lost the key I carry so this would make an excellent replacement. The only problem is that it is ...

This article will walk you through how to format your USB key on a Mac, Windows, or Linux PC. USB keys will sometimes display less memory than is actually available, even after the drive has been ...

Struggling with a write-protected USB drive? Learn how to remove write protection and regain full access to your files with these simple steps.